Join the Breakbulk Middle East ‘Business Run’ in Dubai! 
Four weeks from today, on 10 February, the first of two days of the Breakbulk Middle East trade fair is set to take place in Dubai (UAE). To get you up to speed on the morning of the opening and perhaps even help you make your first business contacts the ITJ, the trade fair’s... more
Geodis promotes Marc Vollet
Geodis, a leader in transport and logistics, has appointed Marc Vollet as executive vice-president of its European road network. Vollet will also join the group’s management board, which is chaired by Geodis chief executive officer Marie-Christine Lombard. Vollet has 30... more
Austrian Post welcomes CFO
On 1 January Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner became the Austrian post office’s new CFO. She was previously the CFO of the Heinzel Group, paper and pulp manufacturer, from 2017. She remains the chairwoman of the supervisory board of Euro Telesites. Potisk-Eibensteiner will now... more
Rainbow Dynamics targets the Americas
Rainbow Dynamics, a developer and manufacturer of robotic and automated materials handling solutions from the UK, has appointed Keith Gallant as its general manager for the USA and Canada. In this new role he’ll be responsible for identifying growth opportunities and... more
Changing of the guard at Clark Europe
Clark Europe, a forklift truck and equipment manufacturer based in Germany, announced a management change from 1 January. After ten years of service president and CEO Rolf Eiten is now devoting himself to other tasks in the company, having handed over the baton to Stefan... more
New Deugro managers in Saudi Arabia
Deugro has appointed Johnny El Hayek as its country manager for Saudi Arabia, after the regional director for the Middle East, Suresh Rajan, and the general manager for the western region of Saudi Arabia, John Vetteth, retired. The former general manager of Saudi Arabia’s... more
An innovative player in low-carbon logistics
At the 4th edition of the Grand Prix des Entreprises Engagées, organised by LCL Banque des Entreprises, in partnership with GreenFlex, Modalis, an innovative player in the intermodal shift, won a trophy for its commitment to implementing intermodal logistics with a low carbon... more
Management transitions at WCA World
WCA World has announced some management changes to its WCA dangerous goods and WCA project networks, as well as to its affiliated Lognet Global network. Bruce Cutillo, general manager of both WCA projects for eleven years, is retiring, together with Brian Churchman, who... more
Mukran Port welcomes director
At the beginning of this year, Mukran Port welcomed Henry Forster (centre) as the new managing director of the operator, Fährhafen Sassnitz. Ines Jesse (on the left), the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s state secretary in the ministry for the economy,... more
Changes at WSC
The board of directors of the World Shipping Council (WSC) has elected Soren Toft (on the left), CEO of the Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC, as the chair of WSC’s board. Randy Chen (on the right), deputy chairman of Wan Hai Lines, was elected vice-chair. Toft and Chen will... more